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2023 Tate Herbert Memorial Post-Secondary Volunteer Award
Herman Wong, a student at Osgoode Hall Law School, is the recipient of the 2023 Tate Herbert Memorial Post Secondary Award. The annual award is named after a young man who lost his life to cancer while studying Law and Society at Wilfrid Laurier University. As with many of the young people OJEN works with, […]
Join OJEN at the TCS Toronto Waterfront Marathon Charity Challenge!
You’re invited to join our team at the Toronto Waterfront Marathon charity challenge and help raise funds for OJEN. Join us on Sunday, October 15 at the TCS Toronto Waterfront Marathon. Spaces are still available for the 5K in-person and 5K virtual runs… or donate to support our runners. To register: It’s important to use […]
From The OJEN Blog
PLEI program empowers youth at Ottawa’s Inuuqatigiit Center
In March, OJEN will conclude its second year of the four-year PLEI for Racialized Youth program, funded by the Department of Justice Canada’s (DOJ) Justice Partnership and Innovation Program (JPIP). The program provides culturally relevant public legal education for racialized youth in Ontario, focusing on the legal needs of youth who identify as African, Caribbean […]
Introducing the Apps for Justice Challenge
OJEN’s newest classroom program, the Apps for Justice Challenge, gives students an opportunity to apply design thinking skills to solve obstacles Ontarians may face when they encounter legal problems. In 6 one-hour-long sessions, students learn about access to justice issues and some of the technology that already exists to solve them. They are introduced to […]